# conga vs Congo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### conga
*noun · IPA /ˈkɒŋɡə/ · frequency rank #43,087*
A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.

### Congo
*name · IPA /ˈkɒŋɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #10,349*
Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo; official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital: Kinshasa).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conga-vs-congo